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Top Doctors

Whom should you see for your aching back, your child’s allergies, or a suspicious mole? Whether you need a new doctor for a routine exam or a second opinion on a diagnosis, you want a physician you can trust. Here are 1,900 doctors in 39 specialties—the region’s very best, as chosen by their peers.

FEATURES

Sure, everyone loves to hate on the airlines, but we think it’s pretty great to live in a region with three—three!—choices for flying in and out. Before splitting for the holidays, here’s everything you need to know about them (and a bunch of stuff you don’t).

A new Washington hotel was going to be a crown jewel of the developer’s empire. But when the hotelier became a candidate, and the candidate began talking about immigrants, two chefs wanted out. Jessica Sidman digs into newly filed depositions to explain the fight between the would-be President and a pair of culinary celebrities.

Alex Wirth, Jonathan Marks, and a bunch of other twentysomethings are building a big-data platform designed to upend the oldest trade in Washington. But first they have to finish the laundry. By Michael Gaynor.